Our speakers

Professor

President of Asian Federation of Biotechnology (AFOB); Dean, School of Engineering, The University of Osaka; Dean, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Osaka, Japan

Current Trends in Biologics Production via Mammalian Cell and Cell Culture Engineering

Biochemical engineering, Biologics, Mammalian cell, Cell culture

Yu-Chen Hu

Professor

Vice President of Asian Federation of Biotechnology - Taiwan; Dean of the College of Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Gene Editing for Sustainable Production of Green Chemicals

Gene therapy, Cell and tissue engineering, Vaccine development, Synthetic biology, metabolic engineering and biorefinery

Associate Professor

Vice President of Asian Federation of Biotechnology - Vietnam; University of Science VNU-HCM, Viet Nam

Bacillus for Sustainable and Resilient Agricultural Systems: From Microbial Cell Factories to Bioinputs, Biocontrol, and Vaccine Delivery

Vaccine development, Protein production, Bacillus subtilis, Agriculture

Professor

Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany

Towards a better understanding of microorganisms and their significance for sustainable and environmentally friendly life sciences – case studies and considerations in marine and agricultural sciences.

Applied Microbiology, Sustainability

Associate Professor

Deputy Director of Regional Leading Research Center (RLRC); Director of International Relations of Research Institute of Molecular Alchemy (RIMA); Gyeongsang National University, Republic of Korea

How to Produce Natural Products from Nature to Synthetic for a Sustainable Future using Plant Specialized Metabolism and Synthetic Biology Research

Natural Product, Plant Specialized Metabolism, Synthetic Biology

Professor

Director, Australian Plant Phenomics Network – La Trobe University; Deputy Director, La Trobe University, ARC Research Hub for Protected Cropping, Department of Ecological, Plant and Animal Sciences; Node Leader and Program Leader, La Trobe University, ARC Centre of Excellence in Plants for Space, Australia

What happens when a genome wakes up: Studying seed germination using single cell and spatial transcriptomic technologies

Plant Functional Genomics, Seed Germination, Protected Cropping, Plants for Space, Single-Cell & Spatial Multiomics, Plant Phenomics, Gene Regulation, Sustainable Agriculture, Biotechnology

Dang Thi Phuong Thao

Professor

Head of Ho Chi Minh City Association of Biology and Biotechnology - Gene Technology and Application Chapter; Head of Laboratory of Molecular Biotechnology, University of Science VNU-HCM, Viet Nam

To be updated

Professor

Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia

AI-designed artificial protein biosensors

Synthetic Biology, Protein Engineering, AI-designed Biosensor, Cell-free Systems, Bioelectronics, Diagnostics, Allostery

Professor

Gyeongsang National University, Founder & CEO, Nulla Bio Inc, Republic of Korea

Rewriting the Plant Genome with Precision: Ultra-Efficient Prime Editing and Beyond

Crop Genome Editing, Prime Editing, CRISPR/Cas, Plant Biotechnology, Synthetic Biology, Agrobacterium Transformation, Food & Agriculture

Ebrahim Razzazi-Fazeli

Professor

VetCore Facility for Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinärplatz 1, A-1210 Vienna, Austria

History of Emerging Biological Mass Spectrometry in Proteomics

Biological Mass Spectrometry, Bioanalysis, Proteomics, Metabolomics

Cheng-Lung Ku

Professor

Director and Distinguished Professor, Institute of Immunology and Translational Medicine, Chang Gung University; Director, Center for Molecular and Clinical Immunology, Chang Gung University; Adjunct Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea; Adjunct Investigator, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan

A Story of Anti-Interferon-γ Autoantibodies

Human Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Anti-cytokine Autoantibodies, Inborn Errors of Immunity, IFN-γ, GM-CSF , Translational Immunology, CAR-T

Chih-Ho Lai

Professor

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Chang Gung University, Taiwan

The impact of bacterial genotoxin on host pathogenesis and immunity

Microbiology, bacterial virulence factor, host immune defense, infectious disease

Clemens Peterbauer

Associate Professor

Institute of Food Technology, Department of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, BOKU University Vienna, Austria, Austria

Novel and ancestral α-amino acid ester transferases with higher thermostability for dipeptide synthesis

Enzyme engineering, Microbial enzymes, Biocatalysis, Recombinant enzyme production,

Associate Professor

Graduate Program Director, Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine); Principal Investigator, Institute for Digital Medicine, NUS Medicine; Lead Principal Investigator, Engineered Extracellular Vesicles for Anti-cancer Therapy Program (EVANTICA), Singapore

Development of Bispecific Extracellular Vesicles for Cancer Immunotherapy

Extracellular Vesicles (EVs), EV Surface Engineering, Targeted Drug Delivery, Cancer Immunotherapy, Translational Medicine

Professor

Chairman & Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Pharmacology, Ton Duc Thang University, Saigon, Vietnam, Republic of Korea

Unlocking the Genomic Dark Matter: LINE-1 Retrotransposons as Central Drivers of the Hallmarks of Aging

Biophysics, Physiology, Structural Biology, Electrophysiology, Recombinant Proteins, Bio-drugs, Computer Simulation

Linyi Chen

Professor

Dean, College of Life Sciences and Medicine, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Director, International Society for Precision Health, Taiwan

Targeting S1PR3 for treating traumatic brain injury

Traumatic Brain Injury, Neuronal Regeneration, Mitochondrial Biology, Epigenetic Regulation, Drug Discovery, Small Molecules, Precision Medicine, Neurodegenerative Diseases

Dr.

BOKU University Dept. Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Harnessing enzyme engineering to enhance transglycosylation for the synthesis of prebiotics

Enzymes as biocatalysts, Cell surface display in lactic acid bacteria, Enzymatic synthesis of functional food ingredients

Wilhelmina May Huston

Professor

Associate Dean, Global Engagement; The University of Melbourne, Faculty of Science, School of BioSciences, Australia

Biotechnological approaches to measure organism viability to improve antimicrobial stewardship

Biomedical

Professor

CEO of Phytomix Corporation Individual Evaluator, European Innovation Council (EIC), European Commission; Jeju National University, Republic of Korea

Integrating Plant Science and AI: A Research Perspective on Phenomics and Precision Agriculture

Phenomics, Precision Agriculture, Plant Breeding, Plant Genetics

Professor

Director, MS in Regulatory Affairs for Drugs & Medical Devices, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Targeting KIF2C to Overcome Microtubule-Stabilization and Chemoresistance in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

New Drug Development, Cancer Biology, Oncogenic Viruses, Cell Biology

Dr.

Vital-IT, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Switzerland

Toward sustainable life sciences: privacy preserving AI and multimodal data integration

Bioinformatics, Biomedical research, AI/ML, Federated system, Multimodal data analysis, Structural biology, Fungal biology

Associate Professor

Director, Mass Spectrometry Multi-omics and Artificial Intelligence Research Center, National Chung Hsing University and CH biotech R&D Co., LTD, Taiwan

Mass Spectrometry-Based Multi-Omics Reveals the Roles of Peptides in Plant-Nematode Interactions

Dr.

The University of Melbourne, Australia

Bioactives for Human Health: Integrating Analytical and Cellular Models for Sustainable Functional Food Innovation

Functional foods, Food bioactives, Nutraceuticals, Cell culture

Dr.

Dermatologist and Researcher at Nguyen Tri Phuong Hospital, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes as Therapeutics for Photoaging: From Bench to Bedside

Dermatology, Aesthetic Medicine, Exosome Therapy, Skin Aging, Photoaging Models, Acne, Psoriasis, Stem Cell Research

Dr.

Research Fellow - Centre for Superbug Solutions, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Australia

Unravelling complex genetic mechanisms of AMR plasmid stability and transfer

Molecular biology, Uropathogenic E. coli , Plasmid biology, Bioinformatics and Genomics

Gopalakrishnan Kumar

Professor

Institute of chemistry, Bioscience and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway, Norway

Advanced Multi-Feedstock to Multi-Product Integrated Lignocellulosic Biorefinery towards circular economy

Lignocellulosic biomass, Biorefinery biochemicals, Pretreatment, Process simulation, Techno- economic assessment, Economic feasibility

Tran Triet

Dr.

University of Science, VNU HCMC, Viet Nam

To be updated

Masaharu Motokawa

Professor

Kyoto University Museum, Kyoto University, Japan

Species diversity and evolutionary history of small mammals in Vietnam with focusing on the connectivity of “sky islands” and “islands”

Mammalogy, Taxonomy, Species Diversity, Zoogeography

Professor

Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Microneedle-Based Biosensors for Minimally Invasive Sampling, Real-Time Monitoring, and Point-of-Care Diagnosis

NanoBiomaterials design & synthesis, Drug, DNA, RNAi, vaccine, cell delivery, Virus-like nanoparticle-based theranostics, Microneedle-based theranostics, Intelligent biosensors